Barring any last-minute change, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will meet in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on key issues threatening cohesion within the party.
Credible sources at the APC national secretariat in Abuja disclosed that top on the agenda is the matter of the party’s leadership, particularly the emergence of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s substantive successor.
Akelicious reports that Ganduje resigned as national chairman on June 27, paving the way for the deputy national chairman (North), Ali Bukar Dalori, to assume office in an acting capacity.
Multiple sources confirmed that the NEC meeting is essentially being convened to decide Dalori’s future and that of other members of the National Working Committee (NWC).
While some party insiders said the NEC is expected to ratify Dalori’s role and give him a timeframe within which to organise an elective national convention to choose a substantive chairman, others insist that President Bola Tinubu holds the decisive card and may choose a substantive chairman during the meeting.
The NEC is the second-highest decision-making organ of the APC, comprising the president, vice president, governors elected on the party’s platform, NWC members, state chairmen, and other key stakeholders.
